http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine...ry/995363.html
Weirdly actually agree with Dave Cameron here.
if the WI t20 superstars want a central contract they should either play more cricket for WI or contribute something to WI by either coaching or spending some time playing domestic cricket.

Just heard on TS that Stokes and Morgan agreed before the final over that 6 yorkers was the way to go.

The problem was that he bowled the 1st ball effectively down the leg side and on a length and this was food and drink to Brathwaite.

After that, the momentum was with the batsman.

From my own experience albeit at a lower level and a while ago, the problem with yorkers is that it's such a fine line between the perfect one and a half volley.

None of the balls Stokes bowled looked like yorkers to me; if anything, they looked like length balls, otherwise Brathwaite wouldn't have been albeit to get any elevation.

(Stokes said that at least 2 of the deliveries 'felt' like yorkers as they came out of his hand)

But I'm not blaming Stokes for the defeat; sometimes even when you give it your best shot, it's the other guy's day.

Below, I've put a link to my Blog website's Facebook page and it comments on the last over whilst also linking back with a post I wrote back in 2013 when discovering the sad death of Surrey's David Thomas at the young age of 52.

Way back in 1979 when he was breaking into Surrey's team, he played a club match for Beaconsfield against my club Finchley and late in Beaconsfield's innings, he came in and hit me for 19 in one over, effectively winning the game for his club.

As close as could be, this was my own personal 'Stokes' over.

It was a humiliating experience that's for sure, made worse by him calling me 'a bread and butter bowler' afterwards, something I always felt was a bit unnecessary.

Also, I may have been a bread and butter bowler to him but he was effectively playing down a standard taking part in club games when really he was a young county player.

No-one else in club cricket ever did that to me, thankfully, including Middlesex's Wilf Slack when playing for Southgate and Surrey's Duncan Pauline and Nigel Ross, both of which I got out LBW when they were turning out for East Molesey.

But I'm protesting too much; he was a very good player and made a good career for himself in County cricket. If there was one guy to hit you all over the park, in some ways, you'd expect it to be someone like Thomas.

However, also, club cricket wasn't always the friendliest of environments in those days with a very hierarchical culture in lots of clubs, especially the ones higher up the pecking order which Finchley most definitely was.

It was often a dog-eat-dog environment despite all the banter between the lads and all the time spent together playing, drinking and eating late night curries!

It was often far more likely that the older, better, more experienced players of both teams would end up in little groups / cliques as opposed to the mingling with the youngsters in their own teams.

Nonetheless, I'd still do it all again if I had the chance;

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first game of the IPL today

little bit of english interest with buttler and KP in action, hopefully anyway

Not the best start for Jos with a 2-ball duck

rest of the team not doing too much better

they just had one of their fan poll questions and the question was "where should danny morrison be sitting"

unfortunately "inside a soundproof box" wasn't one of the answers

looking like being a really easy win for the new pune franchise in their first game

Cheers for the reminder. I've drifted away from IPL last 2 or 3 years, but i'm definitely interested in seeing any english lads bat. Unfortunately not much to watch as i gave up once Mumbai were 5 down for not much. Buttler reminded me today how he lost his test place, nicking off to a full one leaving him just outside off. Altho is it a bit rare to see the ball still doing things in India 5 overs in, when Jos was just starting his innings?

IPL has shown over the years that if a ball is swinging you get out because

Your bat was not swinging

A swinging bat always trumps a swinging ball

Jos will be reminded of that again and again until he learns. Then we will have a Carlos in our team too.

Is the IPL on TV in the UK this year

its on SKY

Thank you!

pretty strong side in KKR when they have narine unavailable because of bereavement and can still afford to leave out shakib

no surprise that billings cant get into the dehli side today

Who invented the on screen graphics for this year's IPL? They're awful

someone who plays too many computer games

Is the IPL international cricket ?

I see that Pietersen wants to play for South Africa or England. He's not fussed which.

funny to see andy flowers squirming over the ECB's views on the IPL softening and allowing guys like buttler and billings to play in the full IPL after how large a part he played in the KP saga and blocking players participating in the IPL previously

brendon mccullum looked like he was dressed for clown school today with those bright orange pads and luminous yellow shoes

maybe blinded himself as he is stumped off the second ball he faces

Sky Sports News HQ @SkySportsNewsHQ

BREAKING: @englandcricket and @NottsCC batsman James Taylor forced to retire aged 26 due to a serious heart condition. #SSNHQ

What awful news both for James and the England cricket team. Wish him all the best in his recovery.

He looked like he had really cemented his place in the team too

What a terrible shame for James Taylor. Really gutted for him.

really dont know what to say about this

i've felt this guy was one of our biggest talents for awhile now and has been unlucky to not have been a regular for england in all 3 formats

in one respect i suppose its lucky it has been identified at this stage and can hopefully be treated successfully

he will be a big loss to the game

I completely agree with all of that. A real shame, all round.

It's a huge shame for him with all his plans and hopes for his future in turmoil and he seems such a nice man. Thank goodness, though, that he is alive and able to move on with his life, albeit in a different way.

A bolt from the blue for the player himself and english cricket in general. I feel a lot of sympathy that he's lost so much of his career to these sudden health problems.

Personally I didn't feel he quite measured up to some of his team mates but Taylor had big ambitions for himself in county and international cricket. I hope some position can be found for him in the game in the future.